Chocolate milk lovers have a cow about bans
The dairy industry rolled out an expensive media campaign this week in praise of chocolate milk, a classic school lunch beverage whose sugar content is under assault in some districts....
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School districts’ salary gaps don’t always affect test scores
Teachers at the highest-paying grade school district in the Chicago area make twice as much as their colleagues at the local elementary school paying the lowest wages, according to the...
Case of the missing juniors
Rich East High School has seen state test scores for its 11th-graders improve by a stunning 37 percent during the last two years -- a gain so impressive that regional...
Illinois school test scores: Income-based gap proves hard to close
Surrounded by sports fields and suburban lawns, Hadley Junior High School could be the envy of the state. Nine of every 10 students at the Glen Ellyn school passed state...
SEEKING SAFE PASSAGE
Lucia Escamilla, a mother of three boys from a neighborhood that has buried many young men, often worried about losing her son to violence. A year and a half ago,...
A ‘new chapter’ at U. of I.
Beleaguered University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman announced his resignation Tuesday, marking a near-wholesale turnover of the university's most senior leadership.University and state leaders lauded Herman's departure as a significant...
A ‘new chapter’ at U. of I.
Beleaguered University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman announced his resignation Tuesday, marking a near-wholesale turnover of the university's most senior leadership.University and state leaders lauded Herman's departure as a significant...
A ‘new chapter’ at U. of I.
Beleaguered University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman announced his resignation Tuesday, marking a near-wholesale turnover of the university's most senior leadership.University and state leaders lauded Herman's departure as a significant...
Swine flu fears rise in Illinois
For the second time this year, a bump in confirmed cases of swine flu has energized school prevention efforts and reinforced questions over how seriously to consider the H1N1 virus,...
Some got a second helping
As University of Illinois became increasingly competitive and costly, some well-connected applicants had a double advantage: Clout not only got them on campus, it also got them free tuition. University...